The story of Thomas Alva Edison, inventor : the wizard of Menlo Park

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

0590424033

Collation

60 pages : illustration ; 19 cm

Series Title

Scholastic Biography

Call Number

926 EDI

Karl Marx

Grade 4-7 No brief biography with large print and multiple illustrations can pre sent more than bare superficialities. Taking that as a given, Karl Marx does a more than adequate job in highlighting the life and beliefs of this political activ ist and theorist. The book is attractively packaged, with both period photo graphs and drawings and contemporary color sketches. The book suffers from tw…

Explorers

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

0600331636

Collation

93 pages : illustration ; 28 cm

Series Title

History Eye-Witness

Call Number

928 GRA

Charlotte Brontë : the girl who turned her life into a book

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

9781904095804

Collation

88 pages : illustration ; 19 cm

Series Title

Who was....

Call Number

928 BRO

Guts : the true stories behind Hatchet and the Brian books

Guess what -- Gary Paulsen was being kind to Brian. In "Guts," Gary tells the real stories behind the Brian books, the stories of the adventures that inspired him to write Brian Robeson's story: working as an emergency volunteer; the death that inspired the pilot's death in "Hatchet"; plane crashes he has seen and near-misses of his own. He describes how he made his own bows and arrows, and tak…

Joni : a life of challenge

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

9781850781035

Collation

28 pages : illustration ; 21 cm

Series Title

-

Call Number

927 SHA

Henry Ford : the people's carmaker

Henry Ford changed the face of the modern world. The incredible success of his "motor car for the multitudes" transformed industry and society, and made him the richest man on earth. His amazing story ranges from exhilarating success to personal disappointment.

Diego

Diego was a boy who loved to draw; he drew on everything, even the walls. In time, he would become known as one of the greatest muralists in all of Mexico—in all the world. "An accessible picture book about the life and work of Diego Rivera sounds like an oxymoron, but Winter and Winter succeed beyond belief," announced School Library Journal in a 1991 starred review. With spare, lyrical text…

Helen Keller

The biography of Helen Keller, a blind and deaf girl who overcame her limitations through courage and the firm love of a caring teacher.

New kids in town : oral histories of immigrant teens

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Teenage immigrants from various countries recount the emotional experience of fleeing their homelands and adjusting to a new life in the United States.